Today's Opinions

It was the beginning of a hectic weekend. The supermarket had been jammed. The lines were long, and the girl’s voice was already tired and bored as she mechanically told me, “Thank you. Have a good day.”

“Good day?” I thought cynically, remembering all the chores waiting for me when I got home. “Not a chance in the world.”

Two little boys were walking home from Sunday School where the lesson had been on the Devil and one asked the other “What do you think of this Devil business?”
“Well,” replied the other boy. “You know how Santa Claus turned out--it’s either your mother or your father.”

A new report on state trends in funding for higher education places Kentucky at or near the bottom in several categories for its continued cuts to public college and university funding. That disinvestment threatens to limit access to higher education and opportunities for economic growth.

Last Saturday, my teen daughter and our houseguest, Australian Sam, decided it was time to get outside and explore nature. I’ve recently hit a rough patch in life, and while I was initially uncertain about going along, they convinced me that fresh air and sunshine were exactly what I needed.

Our County Clerk, Julie Barr, posted on her social media page that voter turnout was a mere 16 percent. Even after considering those voters who are registered as Independents and not able to vote in this primary, this means that four out of five registered voters did not care enough to exercise their rights and obligation as citizens of the greatest country ever developed by rational humans.
What ever happened to our educational system that taught people that voting was most important?

Our County Clerk, Julie Barr, posted on her social media page that voter turnout was a mere 16 percent. Even after considering those voters who are registered as Independents and not able to vote in this primary, this means that four out of five registered voters did not care enough to exercise their rights and obligation as citizens of the greatest country ever developed by rational humans.
What ever happened to our educational system that taught people that voting was most important?

Our virtues and our vices define who we are. They offer us direction for the choices we make. They quietly demand that we behave responsibly. Living in concert with our virtues brings peace to our souls. There are four virtues I most respect and marvel when I see them in others:
1. Sincerity is the one virtue that wins respect from everyone. When people ask me why I go to hear a certain minister preach, I always say, “I do not go to hear him because I believe what he says; I hear him because he believes what he says.”